Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

So Twitter was initially billed at a “micro-blogging&# platform. I’m enjoying the creative process of getting my own personal thoughts down in writing. Tags: Social Media social networking technology Twitter. I’m enjoying reading all the new content created in the tech / VC industries.

Blogging 219

Blogging Venture Capital Startup Social Media 219

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2011

Their view was that HTML5 would allow them to replace the notion of having to download a Facebook App into your phone or tablet, and release them from the idea that they have to have nine different apps on different platforms, and have to maintain all of them. When there is a new platform, there will be new entrants as well.

Activision 217

Activision Platform Startup Mobile 217

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

It was built originally on the Twitter platform to talk about stocks, and all users had to do was add a dollar sign to ticker symbols to give it context. So, we built our own, new and improved version of a microblogging platform. We've just added a layer on top of all the social networks particular to finance.

Ideas 248

Ideas Web Startup Content 248

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) OTHER DEALS.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list. Spend your time and money on other platforms. If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. Pick the right platform for your business.

Social Media 126

Social Media Media Startup Platform 126

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

People rightly recognize that comments on blogs are just a form of a stream and thus the growth of open commenting platforms like Disqus and IntenseDebate. People mistook the fact that these text advertisements worked in Google to say they would work in social networks. Why am I excited about in-stream advertising then?

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The traditional way to handle that is to write code. What makes us unique, is we've got an automation platform which allows you to deploy in any of those ways. We can deliver a very functional, automation platform for less than $2000. However, as you can se eour our website, our motto is no code, no limits.

Networking 214

Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

These have the benefit to VCs of not cross-collateralizing returns and to LPs of being able to know the underlying asset before they write the check. We are connected at speeds 400x faster and this is about to explode into significantly greater speeds with 5G that are the equivalent of a platform shift c. We are now all social.

Venture Capital 292

Venture Capital Capital Startup Funding 292

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

million for a social networking site 18 months ago. Instead of BS’ing me he said, “we spent 18 months building out our product and a set of graphic editing tools when we realized we had developed in the wrong platform. If you do, make sure you write them out and think about what you’re answers will be.

Venture Capital 264

Venture Capital Startup Training Sales 264

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

My partner is a documentarian and reports for the New York Times, Time, and Newsweek, and was given a story to write about for the New York Times, about the sounds that fish make , for their Science section. They wanted to use the platform we had developed in a class called Mashup Culture. We grew out of an interesting use case.

Journal 187

Journal USC News Startup 187

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2013

If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list. Spend your time and money on other platforms. If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. Pick the right platform for your business.

Social Media 101

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 101

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2012

If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list. Spend your time and money on other platforms. If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. Pick the right platform for your business.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Startup Platform 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2011

If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list. Spend your time and money on other platforms. If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. Pick the right platform for your business.

Social Media 93

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Platform 93

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Writing specialists. Then your apps need to run on the new iPhone platform. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Services Search Engine Optimization Startup 106

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list. Spend your time and money on other platforms. If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. Pick the right platform for your business.

Social Media 79

Social Media Media Invest Platform 79

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

After logging into your account via Facebook API, the platform uses your date of birth as the core data to help you calendar all of your friend’s birthdays and discover other people around you who also celebrate your special day. Writing a wish list for birthday presents at 10 years-old is expected. How great is that?!

Startup 113

Startup Venice Social Network Tool 113

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2011

So, we really built some innovation into our platform, to make it ubiquitous in the mobile space. Even though write once and run anywhere has been the holy grail, I think it's the false prophet. Those are almost like little social networks built around a topic. That was our basis for doing something in text messaging.

Gogii 200

Gogii Mobile Activision Electronic Arts 200

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Writing specialists. Then your apps need to run on the new iPhone platform. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur Services Product Search Engine Optimization 89

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

ZunguZ is a global social payment platform that integrates deeply into the social graph of Facebook and financial service providers. Rob and Lance made multiple business trips to the USA and UK in order to understand the offerings and strategy of existing payment providers, social networks, banks and financial service providers.

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

MIIGLE is a LA-based social network for entrepreneurs and innovators that recently launched its Beta version. The platform enhances the process of turning ideas into entrepreneurial ventures and growing startups through social collaboration. So Luc , you call yourself a ‘Netrepreneur’ and social entrepreneur.

Startup 101

Startup Ideas Platform Entrepreneur 101

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

On the social media side, the stakes are just as great. Ask Eric Migicovsky, founder of Pebble , who raised over $10 million on the Kickstarter crowd-funding platform for his relatively low-tech wristwatch with programmed clock faces. These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

Media 118

Media Tips Social Media Startup 118

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list. Spend your time and money on other platforms. If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. Pick the right platform for your business.

Social Media 66

Social Media Media Tips Platform 66

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Huddlewoo a live video platform set to launch early 2013 to give people the ability to access extraordinary people for one-on-one conversations and mentoring. We are a platform that facilitates the most important conversations of people’s lives! The calendar, payment and live-video are all facilitated through our platform.

Mentor 94

Mentor Platform Social Network Chief Technology Officer 94

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. A huge shout out to Ricky Wong of NYCSteals for helping me with the write-up. Leverage a feedback platform like Get Satisfaction or UserVoice. We then captured this conversation again on camera. We then spoke about startups.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

If your business is industrial B2B products, social media may be low on your list. Spend your time and money on other platforms. If you are selling to consumers, especially younger ones, your business won’t survive without an effective social media presence. Pick the right platform for your business.

Social Media 58

Social Media Media Platform Tool 58

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

On the social media side, the stakes are just as great. Ask Eric Migicovsky, founder of Pebble , who raised over $10 million on the Kickstarter crowd-funding platform for his relatively low-tech wristwatch with programmed clock faces. These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

Press 105

Press Social Media Startup Training 105

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Members can also enhance their expert status by writing informative articles and position themselves as a contact person for other professionals to get information from. The English/International version of the platform was launched in January 2012. Networking on exploreB2B is based on publishing and communicating via articles.

Networking 71

Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

Milo Sindell: Knowledge Genie is a software platform that anybody can use to capture, package, and publish what they know into an interactive online software application. You could create a business process design Genie, and announce it through public relations or social networking efforts, and direct them to a login page.

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2019

On the social media side, the stakes are just as great. Ask Eric Migicovsky, founder of Pebble , who raised over $10 million on the Kickstarter crowd-funding platform for his relatively low-tech wristwatch with programmed clock faces. These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

Press 96

Press Entrepreneur Social Media Training 96

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2012

On the social media side, the stakes are just as great. Ask Eric Migicovsky, founder of Pebble , who raised over $10 million on the Kickstarter crowd-funding platform for his relatively low-tech wristwatch with programmed clock faces. These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

Training 93

Training Media Entrepreneur Social Media 93

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2019

Now customers judge you by your visibility to them at public forums, your writing, videos, and what other public figures say. Take an active role in a higher cause or social reform. Highlight your credibility by visibility and relationships. In the past, credibility came from a position title and the size of your business.

Customer 93

Customer Custom IBM IBM 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

In fact, the focus on social networking platforms, starting with Facebook, has destroyed the meaning of the word friend and even changed it from a noun to a verb. Social networking friends have real business value. It’s now common to have hundreds or thousands of friends online -- but no relationships.

Entrepreneur 66

Entrepreneur Social Network Technical Review Social Media 66

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Several free blog platforms, like Wordpress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Finally, if you don’t have the time, energy, or skills to write a blog, it may be a good investment to hire a ghost writer.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing.

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Investor and customer attention spans are short, and both will write you off quickly. A new easier to use social network may not get anyone excited. Witness the difficulty even today to find success with alternative transportation platforms, including Segway, electric bicycles, automobiles that fly, and even electric cars.

.Net 73

.Net Examples Customer Custom 73

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Writing specialists. Then your apps need to run on the new iPhone platform. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup SEM 48

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Start by writing a draft of your reference. Such reciprocal references are worthless, especially when they are published on a social networking platform. Just like a resume, your recommendations should state why you will be an effective addition to the organization you are attempting to join.

Startup 113

Startup .Net Organization Networking 113